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IcyPeas

(21,910 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2020, 02:40 PM Jan 2020

Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova: guess where their son works?

the DOJ - Department of Justice as senior counsel.

The son of one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal defenders has a new gig in Trump’s Justice Department. Brady Toensing—whose mother Victoria Toensing and and step-father Joe diGenova are key players in the rapidly growing Ukraine scandal—joined the DOJ in June as a senior counsel in its Office of Legal Policy.

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For decades, dating to their involvement in efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton, diGenova and Victoria Toensing have combined legal work with outspoken right-wing punditry on Fox News and in conservative publications. On Fox last week, diGenova, who regularly touts conspiracy theories regarding alleged plots against Trump, referred to two anonymous whistleblowers in the Ukraine scandal as “suicide bombers.”

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Now Toensing has found his way into a senior Justice Department spot that doesn’t require Senate confirmation. It’s unclear exactly why he was hired or what he’s doing there. When it comes to a self-described transparency proponent, that’s a disappointment.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/brady-toensing-justice-department/

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Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova: guess where their son works? (Original Post) IcyPeas Jan 2020 OP

Color me surprised. Not really. nt GemDigger Jan 2020 #1

They're like cockroaches, feeding off detritus and lies, getting rewarded for it all. nt woodsprite Jan 2020 #2

There's going to be a good house cleaning a year from now, Ilsa Jan 2020 #3

Gee, they look nice. CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #4

some tidbits about Brady IcyPeas Jan 2020 #5

Oh holy Zeus, is he the only spawn or how many do they have?!1 Wait, he's a step, not Joe's. UTUSN Jan 2020 #6

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

1. Color me surprised. Not really. nt

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 02:41 PM

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woodsprite

(11,928 posts)

2. They're like cockroaches, feeding off detritus and lies, getting rewarded for it all. nt

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 02:58 PM

Jan 2020

Ilsa

(61,700 posts)

3. There's going to be a good house cleaning a year from now,

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 02:58 PM

Jan 2020

if not sooner. These toadies need to be set back to their lily pads.

CurtEastPoint

(18,668 posts)

4. Gee, they look nice.

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 03:01 PM

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IcyPeas

(21,910 posts)

5. some tidbits about Brady

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:37 PM

Jan 2020

so, supposedly he is recused from matters involving the trump/ukraine scandal...

“We are going to miss Vermont, but I am excited to be joining the Department of Justice in a dream job and under the leadership of Attorney General Bill Barr,” Toensing said in an email. “

State Sen. Chris Pearson, P/D-Chittenden, who was the subject of one of Toensing’s several campaign finance complaints leveled at liberals, said “he really does epitomize the modern Republican ethic of winning at all costs.”

Formerly, Brady Toensing was vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party, as well as a high-profile and controversial Vermont lawyer, and partner in his mother's and step-father's law firm.[37][41][42] The Justice Department has said that Brady Toensing is recused from matters involving the diGenova & Toensing law firm, including the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[43] He is said to be helping to choose judicial nominees for President Trump.[43]

UTUSN

(70,755 posts)

6. Oh holy Zeus, is he the only spawn or how many do they have?!1 Wait, he's a step, not Joe's.

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Fri Jan 17, 2020, 11:06 PM

Jan 2020

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